although the current issues has not yet been fully resolved, the director—general has asked leigh tavazivac s group chief operating officer, to assess whether our protocols and procedures are appropriate in light of this case, and report to the bbc board on this in due course. there is a lot to pick over as was the timeline that we have been given by the bbc. with me our culture correspondent lizo mzimba, who was on the virtual call in the past hour with tim davie and dominic casciani, our home and legal correspondent. the key point is that the bbc has been asked to pause that alec gage investigation. yes been asked to pause that alec gage investigation-— investigation. yes we had this notification _ investigation. yes we had this notification earlier _ investigation. yes we had this notification earlier in - investigation. yes we had this notification earlier in this - investigation. yes we had this i notification earlier in this whole saga that the bbc have been in touch with external bodies, and that's with external bodies, and that's with the metropolitan police. the metropolitan polic